mahabharatum

Noun

(Hinduism) a sacred epic Sanskrit poem of India dealing in many episodes with the struggle between two rival families (synset 106443166)

domain category: hindooism, hinduism - a body of religious and philosophical beliefs and cultural practices native to India and based on a caste system; it is characterized by a belief in reincarnation, by a belief in a supreme being of many forms and natures, by the view that opposing theories are aspects of one eternal truth, and by a desire for liberation from earthly evils

part holonym: bhagavad-gita, bhagavadgita, gita - (Hinduism) the sacred `song of God' composed about 200 BC and incorporated into the Mahabharata (a Sanskrit epic); contains a discussion between Krishna and the Indian hero Arjuna on human nature and the purpose of life